Dell rejects AMD's Opteron and Athlon 64 chips

A REPORT in the Austin American-Statesman, noticed by AMD Zone, quoted Dell president Kevin Rollins as saying his firm will stay an Intel-only company and won't use AMD's Opteron chips because it would be too "ice breaking".

His reasoning is interesting. The newspaper says that to sell an AMD powered machine would be a problem on the cost side, and it would be "ice breaking".

He reckons customers will want 64-bit technology and that market is "emerging".

Is it emerging in the way an Intel mole told us in Taipei the other week, then? See Pentium V will launch with 64-bit Windows Elements

AMD Zone believes the reason Dell won't bite is because HP won't bite either. At the Opteron launch earlier this year, the INQUIRER spotted Carly "Schwarzenegger" Fiorina emerging from the very same W Hotel where Jerry Sanders III and Hector "Motoman" Ruiz were staying.

You can find the Austin, Texas newspaper here, and AMD Zone's take on it, here. µ